| Advani went to Vajpayee's residence after paying floral tributes to the architect of the Constitution, BR Ambedkar, at Parliament, party sources said. |
| According to sources, the two leaders deliberated upon whether a response to Sudarshan's comments was appropriate at this time or the matter should be buried, after things having come to such a pass. |
| The meeting comes two days after the BJP and the RSS decided to curb the growing rift in their relationship. |
| Neither Vajpayee nor Advani have reacted to the remarks made by Sudarshan but it is expected that the former Prime Minister may speak on the issue when he addresses a public forum in Pune on the occasion of Ramnavmi. |
| The meeting between Vajpayee and Advani came shortly before the former was to leave for Pune. The two are understood to have been saddened by the comments from Sudarshan. |
| The strain in the Sangh Pariwar has given an opportunity to "secular" parties tohit out at the BJP, and this might have been the factor behind the hush-up job undertaken by the two wings of the Sangh. |
| Taking a cue from the RSS, VHP leader Giriraj Kishore too made allegations against Vajpayee's son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya. "Vajpayee and Advani should now guide the party and allow the new generation to take over," Kishore said. |
| Sudarshan and Kishore had also ridiculed the BJP's six-year rule, during which, according to them, the party had succeeded in alienating its core vote base. |
| Parliament is going to reconvene next week. The Congress has been ruing that because of its own political mistakes the BJP has got a new lease of life in Parliament. |
| Therefore the Congress and Left will be eager to use Sudarshan's remarks to taunt the BJP with. |
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